Obadiah 1:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you, your deeds shall return on your own head.

Cross References

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his wicked plot which he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Job 24:1

“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?

Psalm 137:8

O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us!

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.

Jeremiah 12:14

Thus says the Lord concerning all my evil neighbors who touch the heritage which I have given my people Israel to inherit: “Behold, I will pluck them up from their land, and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.

Jeremiah 49:12

For thus says the Lord: “If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.

Jeremiah 50:29

“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp round about her; let no one escape. Requite her according to her deeds, do to her according to all that she has done; for she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:56

for a destroyer has come upon her, upon Babylon; her warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the Lord is a God of recompense, he will surely requite.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Ezekiel 35:11

therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among you, when I judge you.

Ezekiel 35:15

As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so I will deal with you; you shall be desolate, Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near,

Joel 2:11

The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his host is exceedingly great; he that executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; who can endure it?

Amos 5:18

Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you have the day of the Lord? It is darkness, and not light;

Amos 5:20

Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?

Micah 5:15

And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance upon the nations that did not obey.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.

Matthew 7:2

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.